Friday, August 28, 2009

Buckwheat Grawnola review

Conscious Buckwheat Grawnola
Wheat, gluten and sugar free.
Ingredients: All organic sprouted buckwheat, chia seeds, sunflower seeds, pepitas, figs, sultanas, oranges, coconut oil, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and Himalayan salt.

Serving size 40g (energy 761kj, protein 5g, fat 5.2g, carb 27.3g)

Review
This product is dehydrated at a low temperature rather than baked (hence the 'raw' in the grawnola) and is similar to oven-baked granola in that there are clusters of ingredients; however, the clusters are quite hard, so would take quite a lot of soaking in milk/yoghurt to soften them up. I actually preferred eating them 'as is', kind of like mini muesli bars. The grawnola doesn't have any added sweetener (such as honey) like a traditional oven-baked granola, so it doesn't really taste sweet, except when you bite into a piece of dried fruit. It does have quite a nice cinnamon flavour though. Best time to eat would be post workout, maybe with a super shake, like this:


pic by Ryan Andrews at Precision Nutrition

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